Manure-spreader.



C. H. WEBER & J. L. BROWN.

MANUEB SPREADER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 10. 1908.

Patented Apr. 13, 1909.

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APPLIOATIOH FILED APR. 10. 1908.

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UNITED s'rm is PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. WEBER, OF ALTON, AND JOHN L. BROWN, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

MANURE-SPREADER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 13, 1909.

Application filed April 10, 1908. Serial No. 426,336.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, (Tinnitus lf. Wise-Ln and JOHN L. llnowx, citizens of the United States. residing. respectively, at Alton and tolumbus. in the count of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mannre-Spreaders, of which the. folhiwing is a specification.

(lur invention relates to manure spreaders and has for its object. the. provision of a device of this character constructed in such manner that the load may be fed to a healer located at. the rear of the machine. without the use of the usual traveling bottom for the vehicle.

.t furl her object of the invention is to provide means for varying the role of speed at which the load will be fed to the heater and consequently for varying the amount of manure distributed upon any given area of ground.

Furl-her objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the detailed description which now follows.

in the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a. side elevation of a machine constructed in accordance with the invention, Fig. 2 is a plan view with certain of the parts broken away, Fig. 3 is a plan view with the endless feeding apron hereinafter described removed and with the bot-tom of the vehicle body broken away, Fig. 4 is a partial Sltltfllt'TR- lion looking from the opposite side of the machine from that. shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 5 is a detail view of a clutch mechanism hereinafter describM, Fig. ,0 is a detail: perspective view of one of the angle irons eon'iprising the endless feeding apron and of one of the teeth carried b said angle irons and Fig. 7 is a detailsectional view through oneend of a shaft, hereinafter described.

hike numerals designate. oorrespomling parts in all of the figures of the drawing.

Referring to the drawing and part ieulo rly to Fig. 3, the numerals 5 designate the sills of the wagon bed, the numerals (i designate the sides thereof and the numeral 7 designates thebottom of said wagon bed. This body is mounted upon front wheelsfi of the usual and well known construction and upon rear wheels 9, said rear wheels being spurred in the usual manner of vehicles of this character. Rotation of the rear wheels 9 is adapted to impart rotation to a. shaft 10 which extends transverselv of the wagon bed, it beingundemtood that this is accomplished by a the rear wheels 9.

ratchet connection between the. shaft 10 and This ratchet connection has not been illustrated, for such connections are common iii-mow ers and rcapers and other agricultural machinery and forms no part of the present in ention.

'lhe hubs H and 1) of sprocket wheels 13 and 1-1 are cut out as at l5 and 16 to be engaged by teeth 17 and 18 of a sliding clutch member ltl. 'lhis clutch member is s lined upon the shaft 10 by a feather key 20 and is adapted to beshilted longitudinally upon said shaft by pins 2t which are carried bv the end of a bell crank lever 32, said bod crank lever being forked and said pins enterin; an annular groove '23 formed in the body hortion of the clutch Ill, The bell crank lever ."3 is pivoted us at 14 to one of thesills 5 of the wagon and the other arm of the. bell crank lever is connected by a rod :6 with a handle .7, said handle being located at the left hand end of the drix'e-rs seat indicated at '28 and said handle being pivoted as .;t 19. it will be seen that when the handle 37 is thrown forwardly, the bell crank lOTf-I' will be rocked upon its piret '..--1 to throw the tooth l7 into engagement with the hub of the sprocket "'heel l3 and that wh n said handle is thrown rearwardly, the tooth l8 will be thrown into engagement with the hub of the sprocketwheel 14, it being apparent that since the. clutch member it! is splined to the. shaft, it will always rotate with the shaft and when thrown into engagement with either of the sprocket wheels, will impart motion to said sprocket wheel.

'lhe sprocket wheel 13 is connected by a spr cket chain 29 with a sprocket wheel 30 which is fast upon a transverse shaft 31, while the sprocket wheel 14 is connected by a sprocket chain 3'3 with :1 small 5, irockel wheel 33, this latter sprocket wheel fikewise being fast upon the shaft Ill. s n'oekeI wheel M is onsiderally larger than the. sprocket wheel 14, it follows that when the clutch if) is thrown to such position as to connectthe shaft 10 with the sprocket 13, the shaft 31 will rotateat a considerably faster rate of speed than when the. shaft 10 is locked to the sprocket wheel 14. The shaft 31 carries atits outer end a sprocket wheel 34 and a sprocket, chain 3F c nnects thosproclmt wheel 34 with a se-"ond sprocket wieel 36 which is mounted upon the end of a shaft 37. A )air of disks 38 are secured to this shaft an rotate. therewith (see Figs. 3 and 4).

Since the 'lhesc disks are cutout as at- 39 for the reception of the ends of angle bars 40, there lrcing a large number of these an ie bars and Sal-- angle hars .Peing connected t gether h a chain 41. These angle l=ars carry teeth -12. said teeth i-cing provided with cars 41'. through which rivets 4 t or lil:e fastening devices may he passed toSt'ttH'e the teeth to the hars.

A skeleton frame 45 is provided \\itl1l.-ear iugs to at its upper end for the reception of a shaft -17 and this shaftcarries dis 5 48 which are similar in form to the disks 3 and these disks 48 are cut out as at til for the re eption of the. anglcl ars in the same manner that the disks 38 are entout for a like purpose.

The shaft. 37 is suppm'ted in hearings 5 Segments 5t lie outside of these rearings and are pr vided along their lower faces with gear teeth 53. These segments have. sleeves 53 formed therewith and these sleeves extend through the hearings it), (see 5 ig. it and are conn cted at the inner sides of said hearings with the skeleton frame. 45. it will therefore he seen tlnttl;o(lil rocking movement of the segments on the shaft 337 will elevate or depress the sktilf\ .1 frame 45 i-odil the rear end of said frame heing supported upon the shaft 37.

The shaft 31 carries a hevel pinion :34 and this hevel pinion meshes with a hovel gear wheel .15. 'lhis latter gear wheel is loosetv mounted upon a shaft so and is adapted t he connected to said shaft by a clutch lttthll" her 57, said clutch niemsrer heing spline-d u )on the shaft in the same manner that the cfuteh memher it) is spiined upon the, shaft and said clutch nu-mher lieing provided with a tooth 58 which is adapted to engage a cut-out portion 5'.) of the huh of the i'-e\'el gear wheel lever (it) which is pivoted at (31 to one of the sills 5 o the wagon hed is adapted to shift the clutch memlrer 57 when motion is imparted thereto through a rod (32.

' lhis rod (32 is e nneeted to a lever tilt w hich i eontrollahle from the diiver's seat. universal joint (54 eonnects the. shaft 36 with the shaft (35. The reason for employing a universal joint at this p int, is the fact. that the shaft 5t) lies in a sul'stantiaifv horizontal plane, while the shaft o.;. followsthe angle of the. imtt-om of the hotly portion and PRh QS through and is jouinaled in the sills 5. The shaft carries at its forward end a l cvel pinion titi amt this hovel pinion in turn meshes with another lzcvei pinion 37 which is fastutpon the shaft 68. The outer eml of this sha M38 is square as at t3) to permit of asuitahle tool lz-eing applied ther t to manually rotate the shaft (38 for a purpose which 'wiil he. hereinafter set forth.

The shaft .16 carries a worm and this worm meshes with a worm wheel 70 which is fast upon a transverse shaft. 71 This transverse shaft is mounted in hearings 72 and carries at its outer ends pinions 73- which mesh with the gear teeth formed upon th lower faces of the segments 51. M unted upon th right hand end of the. shaft It? when looking toward the front. of the wagon, is a large. gear wheel 71' and this gear wheel meshes with a llttit ll 75 which is fast upon a shaft 76 and this shaft carries a heater 77. The ratio of the gear wheel 74 to the )inion T5 is three to one. inotherwords. the eater will rotate three times as fast. as the shaft. 37. The operation of the device is as follows: When the wagon is drawn forward, rotation is imparted to the shaft ti! and through the sprocket and chain connectionsto the shaft 31. l"rom th s shaft. motion is imparted through the medium of the sprock t wheel 34. chain 35. and sprochets li to the shaft 37 and from said shaft to the heater thr ugh the connections tlt'Stl'iiYttl. 'l he -eater rotates toward the right in i'ig. 4. while the gear wheel it rotates toward the. left in said ligure. 'lhis will ause the teeth at the lower side of the endless feeding a ron to engage the load and drag it toward the. Heater. .-\s the load is ft-d to the heater. the rotati n of the pinion 72% moves he seg ments rearwardly to move. the endless feeding apron down arm the load. lt is to he understood that the pitch of the w rm gear tit) and the. fart that the pinion .-'l is smaller than the gear wheel 5:), causes the. pinions 73 to r tate \'e'r slowly indeed and the downward movement of the endless feeding apron is a \'e.l' gradual one. .\s has heen hefore stated, the amount of manure distrihuted over any given area. may he controlled h) throwing the clutch t.) into engagem nt either with the. high speed sprocket 13, or the iov. speed sprocket. l-l. After the endless feeding apren has moved d wn to its limit of movement aml the load has heen entirely distributed. the operator by moving the handle. of can disengage the shaft Jtt from the. hovel gear wheel 55 l: tliro .ing the clutch to th p sition illustrated in The operator may then appl a crank or other suital-l tool to the. square end (it! of the shaft 1'18 to impartrolation to said shaft and consequently to the shafts (35 and 71 to therch v again elevate the endless feeding apron.

From the foregoing description. it will he seen that simple and efficient, means are herein provided for acromplishing the oh- .lects of the invention. hut while the elements shown and (iCSt'l'iiH'tl are. well adapted to serve the purposes for which they are intended. it is to oe. understood that. the invention is not limited to the preeise eon; struetlon set forth, but includes Within its purview such changes as may he made within the scope of the. appended claims.

What. we. claim, is:

1. In a device of the charm-tor deserihed, the eomhination with a hody portion, of

sup orting wheels for said body portion, an .end ess moving apron adapted to be fed bodily down u ,on the load, means for driving said apron mm the driving wh els of the. bod portion, a frame for supporting the fee ing apron, segment-s connected to said frame, and means actuated from the supporting Wheels for actuatin said segments.

2. 1n a manure spreader, the combination with a. wheeled hot portion. of an endless' feeding apron carrying llltlillitlS adapted in engave the load, means actuated from the whee s of the body portion for feeding said endless feeding apron bodily down upon the load, a high speed connection between said endless feeding apron and the driving wheels. a low speed connection etween the endless feeding apron and the driving wheels, and means cont iolialtlt. from the driver's seat for throwing either of said connections into or out. of operation.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with a body portion, of supporting wheels for said body portion, a transverse disposed shaft mounted at the rear end of said body iortion, a change speed gearing interpose between the sup iorting wheels and said shaft, said gearin lie-in; adapted to impart rotation to said shaft. from the sunporting wheels, a skeleton supporting frame mounted to swing bodily from said shaft, toothed segments depending from said su porting frame, an endless apron carried by said supporting frame, the

movementof said segments being adapted to impart bodily :iioveiiient to said frame, means for actuating said segments from the supporting wheels, aml a manually operable means for actuating said segments.

-l. In a device. of the character described. the combination with a body portion, of supporting wheels for said body portion, a

', transversely disposed shaft mounted at. the

rear end 'of said body portion, a change speed gearing interposed between the supporting wheels and said shaft, said gearing being adapted to impart rotation to said shaft from the supporting wheels, a skeleton supporting frame mounted to swing bodily from said shaft, toothed segments depending from saidsupporting frame, an endless apron carried by said supporting frame, the movement of said segments being adapted to imart bodily movement to said frame, means fbr actuating said segments from the supporting wheels and a manually operable means for actuating said segments, said endwise apron comprising a plurality of L shaped angle bars arranged transversely thereof and teeth secured to upstanding portions of said angle bars.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES H. WEBER.

. JOHN L. BROWN.

Witnesses:

L. CARL Srononron, A. L. PHELPS. 

